Spreader for liquid blacking



(No Model.) A. R. GUSTAFSON.

SPREADER FOR LIQUID BLAGKING. No. 420,785. Patented Feb. 4, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

AXEL R. GUSTAFSON, OF MARINETT J, WISCONSIN.

SPREADER FOR LIQUID BLACKING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,785, dated February4, 1890.

Application filed June 28,1889- To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AXET. R. GUsrAFsoN, of Marinette, in the county ofMarinet-te, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Combined Receptacles and Spreaders for LiquidBlacking, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to a combined receptacle and spreader for liquidblacking or analogous material; and it consists in certain peculiaritiesof construction and combination of parts to be hereinafter describedwith reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents an elevation of my device, partlyin section; Fig. 2, an elevation of a portion ofsaid device with itscover removed; Fig. 3, aplan View with the cover and spreader removedand parts broken away. Fig. 4 isa plan view of a ring that forms part-ofmy device.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a receptacle made fromglass, wood, earthenware, or other suitable material, and

' having its upper end provided with exterior screw-threads a, asillustrated in Fig. 1. Engaging the screw-threads a on the receptacle Ais a cap B, provided with openings 17, and surrounding this cap is aring B, made from spring-wire, provided with an inwardly-extended lug cand a vertical ear d, said lug being designed for engagement with a holeor indentation g in the cap, as shown in Fig. 1, to retain the ring inplace.

Screw-threaded on the cap B is another cap D, provided with openings 6,designed to be brought into and out of register with the openings 6 inthe former cap, and said cap D- is also provided with a vertical andinwardlyprojecting flange f, that serves as a holder for a sponge E.Screw-threaded on the cap D is a cover F, that incloses thesponge-holder and prevents any blacking or other liquid from escapingfrom the sponge when my device is carried about. The lower edge of thecap D is provided with two notches, that are respectively marked 0 0,these letters being abbreviations of the words open and closed.

If the cap D be turned so that the notch Serial No. 315,878. (No model.)

marked 0 engages the ear d on the ring B, as shown in Fig. 2, theopenings 19 e in the caps B D will be in register, and if the device beinverted the liquid contents therein will flow through said openings tobe absorbed by the sponge or spreader E, as it is obvious that insteadof said sponge a brush havinga perforated back, as shown in my patent, N0. 376,879, issued January 24, 1888, or some other suitable absorbentand spreading material or device may be employed. hen the cap D isturned to bring the notch .0 into engagement with the car d on the riiigB, it thereby cuts off the openings 1) in the cap B, said ring beingsprung down to disengage said ear from the notch O. The cover F beingremoved, the liquid in the sponge can be readily and evenly spread upona surface, and the whole operation performed without soiling the fingersor clothing of the operator.

My device will be found very convenient for the use of travelers andothers, and by means of the cover F the spreader D is kept free fromdust and other accumulations that would tend to clog the same, andthereby impair its usefulness.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a receptacle provided with a cap havingopenings therein, of another cap adj ustably arranged thereon and alsoprovided with openings, a spreader carried by the latter cap, and alatch for retaining said latter cap in its adjusted position,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the receptacle A, provided with the cap B,detachably connected thereto and provided with openings 1), the cap D,adjustable on the one B and-provided with the openings 6 and flange f,the latter openings being arranged to come in and out of register withthe openings 1), and the spreader E, retained in place by said flange,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the receptacle A, provided with the cap B,detachably connected thereto and provided with openings 1), the cap D,adjustable on the oneB and provided with the openings 6 and flange f,the latter openings being arranged to come in and out of register withthe openings 1), the spreader E,

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retained in place by said flange, and the detachable cover F for saidspreader, substan tially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a receptacle pro vided with a cap havingopenings therein.0f another cap adjustably secured thereon and alsoprovided with openings, a spreader retained upon the latter cap, and aring held upon the former cap and provided with an ear for engagementwith notches in the adjacent edge of the spreader-carrying cap,substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the receptacle A, provided with thescrew-threadsa, the cap 13, engaging said screw-threads and providedwith the openings 1), the cap D, detaohably connected to the one B andprovided with the openings 6 and flange f, the latter openings beingarranged to come in and out of register with the openings b, thespreader E, and ring B,retained on said cap B and provided with the ear(Z for engagement with notches on said cap D, substantially as setforth.

6. The combination of the receptacle A, provided with the cap B,detachably connected thereto and provided with the openings 1), the

cap D, likewise connected to the one'B and provided with the openings 0and flange f, the latter openings being arranged to come in and out ofregister with the openings 1), the spreader E, and the ring B, providedwith the lug a for engagement with said cap B, and the ear d forengagement with notches on said cap D, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of the receptacle A, caps B D, respectively providedwith the openings 1) 6, adapted to come in and out of register with eachother, the flange f on cap D, spreader E, held in place by the flange,ring B, retained on the cap B and provided with an ear for engagementwith notches on said cap D, and the cover F for said spreader,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMarinette, in the county of Marinette and State of \Viseonsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

AXEL R. GUSTAFSON.

\Vitnesses:

L. K. MAC NEILL, B. E. OHARA.

